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Revised translation, October 2026.

A hard science fiction novel. It opens with the last words Earth heard from the Dawn: "Tell my son that I love him."

In March 2059, aerospace engineer Dawn Lucius hugs his young son, Stacean, goodbye and tells him he is going to pick him a blue star. The real mission is first contact: a silent alien ship called the Sane, waiting in the Kuiper Belt. The round trip will take at least seven months. The Dawn carries food for eight.

Nothing goes to plan. By the ti...

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